Table Of ContentThe Turn to Infrastructure in
Internet Governance
The INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE series focuses
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of global governance that occur at national, regional, and international levels. These pro-
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global governance of information and communication technologies (from the narrow issues of
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Society) as well as the uses of information and communication technologies in the service of
global governance in a wide range of sectors.
Series Editor :
Derrick L. Cogburn, A merican University
Associate Professor of International Relations
International Communication Program
School of International Service
American University
Director: COTELCO The Collaboration Laboratory
Executive Director, Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP)
American University
Advisory Board:
M. Selcan Kaynak – Bogazici University
Nanette S. Levinson – American University
John Mathiason – Syracuse University
Milton Mueller – Georgia Institute of Technology
Claudia Padovani – University of Padova (Universit à di Padova)
Priscilla Regan – George Mason University
Kenneth Rogerson – Duke University
J. P. Singh – George Mason University
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The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance
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The Turn to Infrastructure in
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Laura DeNardis , and Nanette S. Levinson
THE TURN TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The turn to infrastructure in Internet governance / edited by Francesca
Musiani, Derrick L. Cogburn, Laura DeNardis, and Nanette S. Levinson.
pages cm.—(Information technology and global governance)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Internet governance. 2. Internet—Security measures—International
cooperation. 3. Internet industry. I. Musiani, Francesca, editor. II. Cogburn,
Derrick L., editor. III. DeNardis, Laura, 1966– editor. IV. Levinson,
Nanette S., editor.
TK5105.8854.T87 2015
384.3(cid:2)3—dc23 2015020923
A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.
Dedicated to
Enoch, Claudia, and C é cile, for getting
and keeping me interested in the Internet
Francesca Musiani
Sharon, Courtney, Noemi, and
Sean Manuel Cogburn
Derrick L. Cogburn
Deborah Rebecca Smith
Laura DeNardis
Daniel, Shiley, and Maya Levinson
Nanette S. Levinson
Contents
List of Figures ix
Series Editor Foreword xi
Preface x iii
Acknowledgments x v
Introduction
1 Governance by Infrastructure 3
Laura DeNardis and Francesca Musiani
Part I From the Politics of Internet Infrastructure to
Infrastructure as Internet Politics
2 The Multiple Logics of Post-Snowden Restructuring of
Internet Governance 25
Derrick L. Cogburn
3 International Organizations and Global Internet Governance:
Interorganizational Architecture 47
Nanette S. Levinson and Meryem Marzouki
4 Alternative Technologies as Alternative Institutions:
The Case of the Domain Name System 73
Francesca Musiani
Part II Infrastructure-Based Intellectual
Property Rights Enforcement
5 Domains of Control: Governance of and b y the Domain
Name System 89
Kenneth Merrill
viii ● Contents
6 Copyright, Information Intermediaries, and Internet
Architecture 107
Matthew Schruers
7 “Three-Strikes” Response to Copyright Infringement:
The Case of HADOPI 125
Primavera De Filippi and Dani è le Bourcier
Part III Infrastructure as a Lever of/in
Surveillance, Privacy, and Censorship
8 The Delegation of Censorship to the Private Sector 155
Nicolas Arpagian
9 Tracking Internet Shutdown Practices: Democracies
and Hybrid Regimes 167
Patricia Vargas-Leon
10 The Turn to Infrastructure in Privacy Governance 189
Tatevik Sargsyan
11 Exploring PRISM’s Spectrum: Privacy in the Information Age 203
John Laprise
Conclusion
12 The Next “Turn” in Internet Infrastructure Governance 219
Nanette S. Levinson and Derrick L. Cogburn
List of Acronyms 225
References 2 29
Notes on Contributors 259
Index 2 63
Figures
5.1 ICE seizure banner 98
6.1 Direct and indirect regulation 114
9.1 Internet shutdown cases 173
9.2 Russian “Blitzkrieg” laws over the Internet infrastructure
(2012–2014) 176
9.3 Variations in the terminology of “critical infrastructure”—US
legal debate 185
